Tonight's photo was taken in April of 2009. Mattie was in the hospital for another round of treatment. As way typical, I snapped photos of Mattie's journey every day. That day he was admitted to the hospital and when I decided to capture the moment on camera, Mattie decided to throw his legs over his head and hide his face. Keep in mind he was connected to a large IV pole and he had a hard cast on his right leg. Which made his leg heavy! Clearly the cast and IV did not stop him in the least. To me this photo captures Mattie's personality, character, and spirit! I just love that one brown eye poking through.... staring at me!
Quote of the day: If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much. ~ Mark Twain
Do you see who was supervising the process? Indie, our tortoise shell cat! She doesn't need to say a word.... her actions speak volumes. As Mark Twain pointed out in his quote.
Are you wondering about Sunny? Don't worry, Sunny was with us too. He was sitting next to me as I took this photo! I joke about this often, but Sunny and Indie are my day time companions and Mattie Miracle assistants.
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I am signing off for tonight. It has been a full day of a licensure board meeting, dealing with Walk permitting applications, emails, toiletry drive items, and the list goes on. Tomorrow, Mattie Miracle is hosting a four hour Standards implementation strategy session in Arlington, VA. So it will be another working weekend! Though I must admit, many of our weekends are spent working. I suppose one could say that work is my grief coping strategy. Perhaps! But I also know if I don't work, the Foundation comes to a stand still. That fear is probably my biggest motivator.
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